The AM Roundup: Oracle v. Google, Cosmic Constitutional Theory, More

Mobile tech trial: The Mercury News profiles U.S. District Judge William Alsup, who is presiding over the showdown between Silicon Valley titans Oracle and Google that starts today. “The judge is a 66-year-old, no-nonsense son of the South who has been running one of the tightest courtroom ships in the Bay Area since former President Bill Clinton put him on the bench in 1999,” according to the newspaper.

Nervous in the service: An alleged prostitution scandal involving Secret Service agents has sparked what could be a wide-ranging series of probes. . .